Sesshomaru didn't return home with the tie. Rin had noticed the next morning when she walked into her father's room and spotted the pile of clothes on the floor. She distinctly remembered that he'd worn those clothes yesterday but the tie wasn't there. So where was it?
"Daddy, where's your tie?"
"I must have forgotten it at Kagome's." Sesshomaru muttered hoping that his perceptive daughter would not see the waver in his voice. The tie in fact hadn't been left at the apartment but had met its death there.
After a nice date, they had returned to her apartment and were in the middle of a rather nice make-out session. When the tie had gotten in the way he'd thrown it on the floor and Kagome's cat- the cat she was taking care of for her mother- had promptly attacked it.
"Bring it back okay?" The words shocked Sesshomaru. He opened his mouth to talk then closed it. He'd just have to buy a new one- or Kagome would- he mused. It was after all her cat that had mauled it. He knew there was a reason he hated cats.